Daniel Vladar is the only reason the Flyers got a point

Kevin Kurz just summed up the Flyers' 4-3 overtime loss in Calgary, and Daniel Vladar was the only reason they walked away with a point.

Philadelphia had another chance to put the Flames away in the third period tonight and let it slip. Matthew Coronato finished it in overtime on a 3-on-1.

Kurz noted that the Flyers are now 1-4-2 in their last 7 games, and he asked fans to remember the word John Tortorella used to use after gritty wins. His verdict is that this team doesn't have that.

The Flyers came in at 4-10-4 and 1-6-1 on the road, so a point in Calgary should have felt like a small step. Instead it felt like a gift, and the offense behind Michkov and Zegras carrying the Flyers offense keeps coming up short of support.

There were bright spots. Denver Barkey opened the scoring, Noel Acciari scored in back-to-back games, and Owen Tippett's power-play goal made it 3-2 after two periods.

Vladar made his first start against his former club, and he spent the third period keeping the game alive. One of his stops came with Nick Seeler tied up on Joel Farabee at the doorstep.

Charlie O'Connor singled out Vladar for the effort, and gave Seeler a nod too, though it was Seeler's failed clear that led to the Farabee chance in the first place.

Farabee, a Flyers first-round pick in 2018, then tied it with a shorthanded goal in the third. Jason Hall said it felt like the Flyers really survived the rest of that period.

Can the Flyers keep asking Vladar to bail them out?

No. Not with a lead in the third, and not on a road schedule that has already gone 1-6-1. A goalie can steal a point now and then, but he can't be the plan.

Then there's Trevor Zegras, whose delay-of-game penalty was called "absolutely awful" by O'Connor, who also noted that Zegras knew it from the look on his face.

That's the problem in a nutshell: this team gives games away in ways that don't show up in the goalie's numbers. Rick Tocchet's group can score, as three goals in Calgary showed, but it can't close.

Next up is Monday at Vancouver, a Canucks team that has lost five straight. After tonight, the Flyers have no reason to treat that as an easy two points.

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